12:26 AM,
May 7, 2009

Lake Cumberland's Wolf Creek Dam in 2007.

Written by

James Bruggers
jbruggers@courier-journal.com

Lake Cumberland boating enthusiasts finally got some higher water levels, thanks to recent rains. But the Army Corps of Engineers is doing everything it can to bring the water back down.

And in releasing large volumes from the risky Wolf Creek Dam, Corps officials are predicting minor flooding below on the Cumberland River.

Corps spokeswoman Allison Jarrett said the surface of the lake was at about 690 feet above sea level yesterday, or 10 feet higher than the Corps' target elevation during $580 million in repairs that it's making to the leaky dam. She said the target elevation was ...